1. Building Responsibility

2. Responsibility and Ethics
What is Ethics?
One’s sense of knowing right from wrong…
In political speech

3. Communication Message:
Words, body language, and symbols that convey an idea
Process of sending and receiving messages
Sender:
Transmits Message
Receiver:
Intercepts and interprets message; transmits feedback
Feedback:
Words, body language and symbols that respond to the senders message

4. Communication Barriers
Any obstacle that gets in the way of effective communication
Attitudinal
Social
Educational
Environment

5. Advice to the Sender THINK before you speak ARTICULATE your words
WATCH the receiver

6. Advice to the Receiver ASK questions
LEARN more about issues and people
RELATE to the background experiences of those speaking

7. Types of communication
Verbal:
Oral
Written
Texting vs. Talking

8. Types of Communication
Nonverbal:
Relayed by movements and/or facial expressions
Ordering coffee clip
Expresses attitudes or moods about a person, situation, or idea
In U.S. thumbs up is a compliment, in Iraq, Iran, and Thailand offensive
Nodding means “yes” in the U.S., but “no” in Greece
TED

9. Symbols
Anything that stands for an idea; can be verbal or non-verbal

10. Intra vs. Interpersonal Communication
Intrapersonal Communication – ability to conduct an inner dialog with yourself and to assess your thoughts, feelings, and reactions
Interpersonal Communication – communication between two or more people at the same time
Oratory/rhetoric – the art of public speaking
2004 National Convention

11. Caring About Your Audience
Logos – providing the audience with both sequence and analysis in organization and factual evidence to prove a point (a.k.a. logical appeal)
Pathos– an emotional appeal to the audience; for instance invoking a sense of patriotism, family, or justice
Ethos – an ethical or personal appeal (presenting yourself as an honest speaker; knowing the difference between right and wrong)
Differentiating

12. Which is which? Bill Nye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbYJfwFgOU
Martin Luther King, Jr.:
Neil DeGrasse Tyson:

13. The Proper Motivation
Motivation: the need or desire that causes a person to act. Two internal forces should be responsible for motivating words:
The desire to treat both people and situations fairly and to avoid stereotyping others
Stereotyping: labeling every person in a group based on a preconception as to the what the group represent
The desire to set a good example for others